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Updated: 10:47 AM CDT Mar 30, 2020

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BRYA WELCOME INT OUR HOUSE AGAIN. THIS IS MY OFFICE, THIS IS CARSON CUNNINGHAM. IT IS TIME -- CARSON: FOR CRASHING THE BOARDS, QUARANTINE STYLE. BRYA QUARANTINE ADDITION OF CRASHING THE BOARDS. WHICH IS INTERESTING. WE HAVEN’T HAD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT BUT THERE IS SOMETHING OF VITAL IMPORTANCE AND INTEREST TO THE PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA AND THAT IS THE FUTURE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL. WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A TASTE OF THAT ON THURSDAY, WHEN BIG 12 COMMISSIONER SAID, I DON’T KNOW WHAT FOOTBALL SEASON WILL LOOK LIKE. WILL WE HAVE GAMES EARLY? COULD WE HAVE GAMES WITHOUT FANS IN THE STANDS? BUT JUST TO START THIS THING OFF, GOT TO BE A LITTLE NERVOUS FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL, DON’T WE? CARSON: ABSOLUTELY. I HAVE BEEN NERVOUS SINCE EVERYONE STARTED TO WORK FROM HOME. MY THINKING IS, EVE IF THE PANDEMIC CEASES THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, IF WE GET EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL, MANY EXPERTS THINK I THE MIDDLE OF APRIL THAT WILL BE KIND OF THE PEAK AND THEN IT WILL COME DOWN, NO ONE KNOWS AT THIS POINT. WHERE MY CONCERN COMES FROM, EVEN IF WE GET THIS THING UNDER CONTROL WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO PLAY GAMES WITH COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS, WILL THEY REAL SAY OK, 85,000 PEOPLE, COME ON DOWN TO NORMAN AND LET’S PACK THE STADIUM, LET’S CONGREGATE AT TAILGATES? EVEN IF WE GET THE CORONAVIRUS UNDER COMPLETE CONTROL, THE IDEA THAT IN JUST A FEW MONTHS IN THE FALL, WE WILL HAV 80,000, 90,000 PEOPLE AT STADIUMS COME I’M DUBIOUS. I HOPE WE ARE BACK TO LIFE AS WE KNOW IT AND NORMALCY, BUT I’M KIND OF UNDER THE OPINION THAT THAT SEEMS TOO SOON ON THE CALENDAR TO WHERE WE WILL GO BACK TO THE STATUS QUO. COULD THEY PLAY GAMES IN EMPTY STADIUMS? THAT IS A POSSIBILITY BUT THE MORE WE GET INTO THIS, THE LESS OPTIMISTIC I AM THAT WE WILL HAVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL THE WAY WE ARE USED TO IT, WHICH IS DEPRESSI AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE YELLING AT THE TV, CARSON, IT IS ONLY THE END OF MARCH. WE ARE BARELY INTO APRIL. THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME. THAT IS TRUE BUT I AM NOT OPTIMISTIC AT ALL. BRYAN: HERE IS SOMEBOD ELSE, KIRK HERBSTREIT, THE VOICE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, SHARES YOUR SENTIMENTS. I WANT TO TOSS TO KIRK, WHO SAID THIS ON THE RADIO EARLIER THIS WEEK. >> I WILL BE SHOCKED IF WE HAVE NFL FOOTBALL THIS FALL, IF WE HAVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL. I WILL BE SO SURPRISED IF THAT HAPPENS. JUST BECAUSE FROM EVERYTHING I UNDERSTAND, THE PEOPLE I LISTENED TO, W ARE 12-18 MONTH AWAY FROM A VACCINE. UNTIL YOU HAVE A VACCINE I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU CAN LET THESE GUYS GO INTO LOCKER ROOMS AND LET STADIUMS BE FILLED UP AND HOW YOU CAN PLAY BALL. I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU CAN DO IT. BRYAN: I HOPE KIRK IS WRONG ABOUT THAT, BUT HIGH TEND TO AGREE WITH YOU TO SOME DEGREE, AT LEAST RIGHT N WE ARE IN QUARANTINE. WE CAN’T BE NEXT WHICH OTHER. PEOPLE CAN’T GO TO A RESTAURANT. HOW WILL YOU HAVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL? I DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER. WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT TWO DAYS WILL LOOK LIKE, LET ALONE 4-6 MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD. I AM PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN YOU ARE AND I DON’T WANT TO GET INTO THE GEOPOLITICAL STUFF ABOUT THIS BUT I AM MOR OPTIMISTIC. BUT WHEN KIRK HERBSTREI SAYS HE THINKS WE WON’T HAVE N.L. CHIP NFL AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL, MY EARS PERK UP BECAUSE HE IS A SMART GUY WHO KNOWS. CARSON: HE WAS FAR MORE DEFINITIVE THAN I WAS. I THINK HE HAS TAKEN SOME CRITICISM FOR BEING THAT DEMONSTRATIVE AND CLINICAL -- AND CRITICAL, THAT IT IS OVER. THERE IS SOME FAIR CRITICISM THAT IT IS TOO SOON SAY, BUT I HAVE BEEN LEANING THAT DIRECTION FOR THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. I THINK KIRK HERB STREET, PEOPLE ACCUSED HIM OF TRYING TO MAKE A STORYLINE, THERE IS NOTHING GOING ON RIGHT NOW. I DON’T THINK THAT IS THE CASE. HE IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS FOR A REASON. HE IS FAIR AND HONEST. ANOTHE CONCERN, ARE THEY GOING TO TEST EVERY PLAYER IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL BEFORE THEY START PLAYING GAMES? THERE ARE MANY MOVING PARTS. BUT THINK TOO MANY MOVING PARTS TO SAY WE WILL HAVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. BRYAN: ALSO TOO MANY TO SAY NOT. I DISAGREE WITH HIM ON THAT. I CAN’T PROJECT WHA WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS, MUCH LESS TWO WEEKS, MUCH LESS TWO MONTHS. IT WAS LES THAN THREE WEEKS AGO, WE WERE PLAYING THUNDER BASKETBALL AND TO HAVE ANY PROJECTION OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE IN AUGUST, I THINK WE ARE WAY PREMATURE AND I HOPE HE IS WRONG, I HAVE MY FINGERS CROSSED THAT DOCTORS AND PEOPLE UP THERE WILL COME UP WITH SOME B OF COME I DON’T KNOW IF HERE IS THE RIGHT WORD -- IF CU IS THE RIGHT WORDRE BUT I HAVE MY FINGERS CROSSED. CARSON: IF WE DON’T HAVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL, THIS STATE IS GOING TO BE IN A SEVERE STATE OF DEPRESSION. WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT FOOTBALL IS IN THIS STATE. LET’S HOPE YOU ARE RIGHT AND HOPEFULLY THEY FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. BRYA I WANT TO MOVE TO A HAPPIER TOPIC. SIMILAR TOPIC BUT MUCH DIFFERENT. DANILO GALLINARI, THUNDER POWER FORWARD, HE WILL PAY F 400 COVID-19 TESTING KITS AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROTECTIV GEAR FOR HEALTH OFFICIALS IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS, TWO THUMBS UP, GOOD FOR YOU GALLO I THINK THAT IS AWESOME. CARSON: THAT IS BIG-TIME. IT HITS HOME WITH GALLINARI, BECAUSE HE IS FROM ITALY AND THERE ARE 9000 PEOPLE KILLED FROM COVID-19. IT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO HIS HOME COUNTRY. TO ME, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THE THUNDER DO EVERYTHING THE RIGHT WAY IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE AND YOU SEE THAT, THEY DO MORE THAN THE NBA REQUIRES. I THINK YOU SEE THAT IMPACT, PLAYERS THEY HAVE HAD OVER THE YEARS. KEVIN DURANT DONATING MONEY TO THE TO TAINT -- THE TORNADO RELIEF, RUSSELL WESTBROOK BEING ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. EVERY PLAYER THAT COMES THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION IS CHANGED BY IT IN A GOOD WAY. THIS IS THE LATEST EXAMPLE, GALLINARI FELT THE NEED TO HELP A FELLOW OKLAHOMANS. THE THUNDER IS A GREAT BASKETBALL ORGANIZATION BUT I THINK THE LASTING LEGACY THEY WILL HAVE IS THE COMMUNITY WORK THEY HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS. SAM PRESTI IS SO INVOLVED WITH THE BOMBING MEMORIAL. THE COMMUNITY IS TIGHTKNIT ALREADY AND THE THUNDER HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICE. BRYAN: IT IS COOL WHA GALLO DID WITH TESTING KITS AN PROTECTIVE GEAR. IT IS COOL THAT THE THUNDER ORGANIZATION WILL PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES AND EVERYONE THAT WORKS AT THE ARENA. I THINK THAT CAME OUT ABOUT A WEEK AGO. SO YOU ARE RIGHT. TWO THUMBS UP FOR THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER ORGANIZATION DOING WHAT THEY CAN IN WHAT HAS BEEN A TRYING TIME FOR EVERYBODY AROUND THE WORLD. ONE THING I WANT TO GET TO, AND THIS IS A COUPLE WEEKS, A WEEK IN ADVANCE, APRIL 4, WE WILL FIND OUT ABOUT EDDIE SUTTON AND THE HALL OF FAME. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE SA TIME OF THE FINAL FOUR, BUT WE WILL FIND OUT IF EDDIE SUTTON WILL BE IN THE HALL OF FAME. I WANT TO GAUGE YOUR LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE OF WHAT YOU WILL THINK WILL HAPPEN. CARSON I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE WHO -- IN PEOPLE WHO HAVEN’T VOTED ALREADY. LAST YEAR FOR ME WAS THE FINAL STRAW BECAUSE SEA SUTTON WAS THERE WITH TEXAS TECH, THEY MADE THE FINAL FOUR AND ALL THE STARS SEEMED TO ALIGN LAST YEAR. FOR THEM TO RIP HIS HEART OUT AGAIN FOR ME WAS THE LAST STRAW AND HAVING ANY TRUST IN THESE PEOPLE. BUT I WILL SAY THIS. THERE ARE SOME LOCKS ON THE LIST, KOBE BRYANT, TIM DUNCAN, TAMEKA KCATCHINGS, KEVIN GARNETT. THEN IT COMES DOWN TO EDDIE SUN, RUDY TOMJANOVICH MAY BE A LOCK. THERE AREN’T A LOT OF SPOTS. MY CONFIDENCE IS SEVERELY WAVERED. I DO THINK IF THE COMMITTEE HAS SOUL, IF THEY HAVE A BONE IN HER BODY THAT HAS ANY GUTS, THEY WILL P EDDIE IN THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO REALIZE HIS TIME IS RUNNING OUT. I THINK IT WILL BE BLASPHEMOUS TO WAIT UNTIL EDDIE PASSES AWAY, THEN GO, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE SHOULD HAVE LET HIM IN, THEN PUT HIM IN A FEW YEARS FROM NOW IF HE UNFORTUNATELY DOES PASS AWAY ANYTIME SOON. HOPEFULLY THAT IS NOT THE CASE BUT FOR ME, THEY ARE ALREADY A DISGRACE. MAYBE THEY WILL WRITE THAT WRONG BUT I AM DOUBTFUL. BRYA I’M WITH YOU, SADLY. I THINK IT IS UNLIKELY EDDIE SUTTON WILL BE VOTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME. HE IS CLEARLY DESERVING. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF MOMENTUM AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACETS OF BASKETBALL AND COLLEGE BASKETBALL, PRO GUYS AS WELL. IT IS A TOUGH YEAR TRYING TO GET IN WITH THE SEEMING LOCKS THAT ARE GOING TO GET IN ALREADY, BUT I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE. EDDIE SUN SHOULD BE IN. WE HAVE SAID THAT AS MANY TIMES AS ANYONE WILL ASK. THE CONFIDENCE I THINK IS PRETTY LOW AND I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. RUDY TOMJANOVICH, I THINK YOU WILL GET IN. I THINK BETTY SUTTON -- EDDIE SUTTON WILL BE AT THE DOORSTEP AND NOT IN AND I THINK THAT IS SAID. I HOPE I AM WRONG AGAIN LIKE THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL DEAL, BUT CONFIDENCE LEVEL, PRETTY LOW. CARSON YOU SAID IT BETTER THAN ANYONE CAN, YOU SAID IF EDDIE SUTTON IS NOT IN, DON’T CALL IT THE HALL OF FAME BECAUSE HIS RESUME IS THERE AND HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN YEARS AGO. I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT BEST. I THINK WE WILL KEEP SAYING IT UNTIL THEY MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. BRYAN: CONTINUE TO QUARANTINE UP AND STAY HEALTHY, STAY SAFE, YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE OUT THERE, TRY TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AND WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS, MAN. BUT 10 OF A DEPRESSING EPISODE. I HOPE WE HAVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL, ALL RIGHT? I HOPE WE HAVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL. CARSON: PLEASE, PLEASE.

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In this week's Crashing the Boards, Bryan Keating and Carson Cunningham discuss their thoughts on whether the coronavrius pandemic could impact this college football season. And if so, how could it change the season?